Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Saturday, August 05, 2006 at 06:13:52 :
Press Democrat
Santa Rosa, CA
Monday, Dec. 17, 1962
JOSEPH NUNES
Petaluma – Joseph M. Nunes, 47, died in a hospital here yesterday after a brief illness.
Mr. Nunes, a native of Marin County, was educated in Gustine, and before World War II owned and operated a trucking firm there. He and his wife Elena came to Petaluma in 1940 and during the war Mr. Nunes operated a truck at the Mare Island naval shipyard.
After the war Mr. Nunes purchased a dairy farm at Bodega Bay, w hich he operated until 1955, when he sold it and returned to Petaluma to work as a truck driver.
His home was at 100 Glendon way.
He was the brother of Mrs. Mary Ferreira, Gustine.
He was a member of the IDES Council 10, the Holy Ghost Society Petaluma, and Teamsters’ Union Local 624.
Funeral services will be at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday from the chapel of the Sorensen Funeral Home in Petaluma with a mass at St. Vincent’s Church at 9 a.m.
Entombment will be in Calvary Cemetery.
The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home.
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Same issue of the paper:
NUNES – In Petaluma, December 16, 1962, Joseph M. Nunes, beloved husband of Elena (Lee) Nunes of Petaluma. Loving son of the late Mariano and Mary Nunes, brother of Mrs. Mary Ferreira of Gustine, uncle of Richard Ferreira of Gustine and Melvin Ferreira of Los Banos, nephew of Mrs. Belle Silva of Sausalito and Frank Homen of Gustine. Son-in-law of Mrs. Maray Rose of Newman and the late Jerry Rose. Brother-in-law of Charles Rose of Los Angeles, Arthur Rose of Gustine, Stanley and Dorothy Rose of Newman, William Rose and A. P. Ferreira of Gustine.
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